title: [The clinical manifestations of histologically classified malignant lymphomas in the ENT area].
abstract: For an optimum therapy of malignant lymphomas in the ENT region an extensive analysis of the interrelations of exact histological classification, clinical manifestation and prognosis is desirable. We therefore classified, according to various criteria, 57 patients (34 male, 23 female) aged between 17 and 88, in whom the first diagnosis of a malignant lymphoma was established at our department between 1970 and April 1989. Histologically, in 52 cases (91%) this concerned a non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), in the other 5 cases Hodgkin's disease (HL). According to the "Kiel classification", 60% of the NHL displayed a high degree of malignancy, 36% a low one, while 4% could not be exactly classified histologically. Clinically (Ann Arbor classification), 27 patients with NHL were at stage I (with 21 at stage IE), 16 patients at stage II (with 14 at stage II E), and 9 patients at stage IV. The first manifestation was often extranodular (9 patients tonsil, 8 parotid gland, 8 base of tongue, 7 nasopharynx). A cervical lymph node enlargement was the first sign in 12 patients only. Four patients with NHL additionally developed a second malignancy (squamous cell carcinoma) of another localization. The 5-year survival rate was 81% at stage I, but there were no meaningful differences between stage II (51%) and stage IV (40%). Our study demonstrated that malignant lymphomas of the head and neck are primarily NHL which frequently affect an extranodular organ as a first manifestation. Moreover, malignant lymphomas in the ENT region seem to have a relatively good survival prognosis even in an advanced stage.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-, Nasen- und Ohrenkranke, Klinikum Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zwirner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grevers
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wilmes
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000453:epidemiology; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010039:Otorhinolaryngologic Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D016019:Survival Analysis
vernacular_title: Klinische Manifestation von histologisch klassifizierten malignen Lymphomen im HNO-Bereich.